Razor.



O. P. CLARK. RAZOR. APPLICATION IILBD we. 31, 1910.

987,553, Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

WITNESSES: v nwmrok j MfiM 11.0 I By I ATTORNEY 1n: NORRIS PETERspa. WASHINGTON, m :1

pm era RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

Application filed August 31, 1810. Serial No. 579,865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAnLns P. CLARK, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Razors, of which the following is a specificatio'n.

' This invention has for its object to provide a barbers razor adapted for special use in lining up the back of the neck in shaving and for shaving in front of and over the cars.

It is of course well understood by those who use ordinary razors with a long blade and an approximately straight shank and straight handle that either the heel or the point of the blade must be used in shaving the back of the neck and over the ears, which adds greatly to the danger of cutting the skin of the customer.

In order to overcome this difliculty and provide an implement especially adapted for the use described, I have devised a razor with a relatively short blade having its shank inclined backward obliquely from the longitudinal line of the edge of the blade and having the shank of the handle ofiset to correspond with the shank of the blade so that in use the body portion of the handle will be entirely out of the way in shaving the neck and about the ears.

The following description in connection with the accompanying drawing is a specification of my novel razor, reference characters being used to indicate the several parts.

The drawing represents the razor in the closed position.

10 denotes the blade which is relatively short and 11 the shank of the blade which instead of lying substantially in alinement with the blade is offset obliquely backward from the longitudinal line of the edge of the blade. I

12 denotes the body of the handle which is provided with the usual socket to partially receive the blade, as shown, and 13 is the shank of the handle which is offset to correspond with and receive the shank of the blade. It will of course be obvious that the exact configuration or angle of inclination of the shanks of the blade and the handle are not of the essence of the invention but may be varied within reasonable limits without departing from the principle thereof.

The invention consists, as already stated, in giving to the shanks of the blade and handle suflicient inclination backward from the line of the cutting edge so that when the blade is in the open position the handle will be wholly out of the way and will not interfere to any appreciable extent when the razor is used for lining up or for shaving about the ears, and furthermore in providing in connection with these shanks of special configuration a relatively short blade for convenience in this special use.

I have found in use that a razor having substantially the configuration of blade and shanks illustrated in the drawing is admirably adapted for the purpose stated, the operator being enabled to make use of the entire length of the cutting edge instead of being restricted to the use of the heel and point, thereby greatly reducing the danger of cutting the skin of the person being shaved.

In the drawing I have shown the ofisct shanks of the blade and the handle as so designed and proportioned relatively to each other that when the blade is in the socket of the handle the shank of the blade will pass through the shank of the. handle to which it is pivoted as at 14.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. A razor of the character described comprising a relatively short blade having a relatively long shank inclined backwardly and obliquely, a handle also having a relatively long shank inclined to correspond with the inclination of the shank of said blade, and means for pivotally connecting said shanks, whereby when the parts are in the open position the handle will be wholly out of the way and permit use of the entire length of the cutting edge.

2. A razor of the character described comprising a relatively short blade having a relatively long shank inclined backwardly and obliquely, a handle also having a relatively long shank inclined to correspond with the inclination of the shank of said blade, and means for pivotally connecting In testimony whereof I affix my signasaid shanks, the shank of said blade extendture in presence of tWo Witnesses.

ing transverse y through and across the shank of said handle whereby when the CHARLES CLARK parts are in the open position the handle will Witnesses:

be Wholly out of the Way and permit use of S. XV. ATHERTON,

the entire length of the cutting edge. L. E. DISBROW'.

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